Saturday, 22 November 2014

As posted earlier LINK, I think there's more to look forward to with HYT and I thank the team there, Vincent, Omamgbe, Carla for a chance to spend some time with some pieces from their current range of interesting hydro-mechanical watches, the H1 and H2. Thoughts and pics follow, mixed in with info from HYT press materials(italicised):

H1 Alumen Blue with retrograde fluid hours & minutes... the idea that led to the H1 was simple and consisted of two flexible reservoirs fixed to each end of a capillary. In one was an aqueousliquid filled with fluorescein, and in the other, a transparent viscous liquid. To keep them separate: the repulsive force of the molecules in each liquid, with a meniscus to mark the boundary between the two

Luminescent minute hand and hour-markers under some blue light (thanks Carla for the light! :)

Realised by Jean-François Mojon and his Chronode SA team, a mechanical movement is situated in the upper part of the watch, and propels a cam, which pushes the piston and activates the bellows.Jean-François Mojon also worked on several MB&F Machines

case sizes for the H1 and H2 are the same as they share the same case> Diameter: 48.8 mm > Thickness: 17.9 mm

Next some info from the HYT site... THE TWO RESERVOIRS AT 06:00 WHILE THE FIRST COMPRESSES, THE SECOND EXPANDS, AND THE OTHER WAY ROUND, RESULTING IN THE MOVEMENTOF THE LIQUID IN THE CAPILLARY

As the hours go by, the fluorescent liquid advances. The meniscus, in the shape of a half moon, marks the breaking point with the other fluid in the tube, indicating the time. At 18:00, the fluorescent liquid comes back to its original position, going backwards. The secret thatgets the reservoirs going ? Two bellows made of a highly resistant, flexible electro-deposited alloy, each driven by a piston. And this is where watchmaking comes in to activate the system

The H2 Ti Black DLC... realised together with Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi (APRP) The perfect alliance between high-end watchmaking and fluid mechanics, the h2 was born of a vision shared by the hydro mechanical horologists and the aprp team overseen by giulio papi.At 3 o'clock is a "H-N-R" crown position indicator, which brings to mind the gearstick of a racing car, is counterbalanced by the presence of another hand, which is also original and exclusive to HYT, a temperature indicator. Once the watch is being worn, this function enables the user to accurately find out when the fluid has reached the optimum temperature range. In the centre, a minute hand, designed in stages to perfectly fit the structure of the fluidic system jumps after 30 minutes to avoid the bellows

Firstly, by the position of the bellows, positioned at 6 o'clock in "V" and rising, which clearly evokes the most outstanding achievements of automotive and aeronautical engineering. This optimises the integration of the interface that connects the watch mechanisms with the fluidic system. Mirroring the pair of bellows, the balance spring presides at midday on its black bridge, the dome marking the rhythm of life in this unique world

wristshot! these watches sat well on my wrist and they were light and comfortable.appreciating the multi-dimensional architecture of the movement. i somehow feel that it would look better in a non-round case... which seems to be the most conventional thing about them

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